Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-07

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sway In welcoming them to the city they
acted as ushers. There were some things
here, however, that were their own.
! hearts OF the people. To churches. homes, and
| hearts they had all cordial welcome. They
iatb God Tbe} iaek % nnere
| not lack OF unity. There was one army OF the
| living God. To some they were bound by more
| for knowledge and inspiration. The books OF some
had ennobled their thoughts. Others had been en-
ny 20 ~ he Ma ea e the Aer ees
was called TO consider he quoted the utterance in
| Washingtons farewell address that public moral
said. was the Keynote OF this conference. lie re-
/ ferred TO growing evils, which he said imperfled
the institutions @ OF the country Throughout the
hope. 1t was possible, he said, that many things
they now feared would turn TO good. He spoke
Of urban growths ofimmigraton, and OF sociaiistic
II the perils were great, Bishop Andrews said, 50
were Ine ana @ S9g sh., ne SPOKE OF as
werA now less disposed TO concern themselves with
differences In creeds and doctrines, and more with
the practical application OF Christianity to the life
| OF the people. No one believed, he said, that the
work OF christianizng the American could be taken
out OF the hands OF the churches The hitherto
| imperfect recognition OF the unity Ia Christ was
one Of the sad facts I'm church history. He defined
the work which he believed lay before the churcnes
I In their den0minatf0nal relations, and then the
| wide field for cooperative work. He referred to
the schools, the Sabbath, ana the saloon question
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The sacredness OF the marriage tie was TO be pre-
served; Mormonlsm was 10 be overthrown.
| When Bishop Andrews closed the gathering ap-
! plauded warmly.
Mr.. Jay In few words thanked Bishop Andrews
| for his interesting and Valuable address.
The gathering sang the hymn "Ali Haii the
Mr.. Jay then presented Rev. Daniel Dorchester.
ID. D. of Boston, TO read the first paper on the pro-
| gram on
'rHR CITY AS PERIL"
DR.. Dorchester, a benevolent looking gentleman,
with smoothly snaven upper lip, but beard just
turning gray, took his place at the desk and read
his paper rapidly but distinctly. The problem OF
| the citeS-the peril or the rapid growth or popu-
! lation-he said, was one OF the leading problems
presented 10 them After quoting statistics as TO
the rapid growth OF centers OF population he said
! the fact OF such growth was not OF Itself an un-
mixed evil He referred in this connection to the
opportunities thus given for Christian work. The
danger was he said, tbat the agencies for Christian
| WORK would not be sufficiently multiplied to keep
4 small magnitude. He referred TO the pertls due
| TO large acceSs.onS OF vt1ouS elements These
| hldeous concessions OF evil are commonly called
| slums Maritime enterprise, giving communica-
tion with the whole world, gave knowledge OF the
| vices OF the whole world. In seaport cities they
had no protection against the importation OF for
| eign vices Referring to the constant addition OF
70 90 s ISs ae sad
| the people was source OF peril He sail history
/ gave no example OF a country in such danger from
This source as ours How different, he said, after
| referring TO the heterogeneous character OF the
population OF our large cities, is it In London.
where only one and sixteenth per cent OF the
| vast population was born outside OF the
prevailed in our cities. we would have
we now have. He referred to accessions from for
eign lands OF immigrants OF character all wei
coined; What ne depiored was the accession OF
| dens on sunday, antagontzed social order and or
ganized anarchlstic societies The spirit OF athe-
| ism was abroad and IL came largely from the old
| country. The Western cities were rapidly becom-
] ing Germanized and the New England ciIies Irsh-
Romanism. The muitipiicatfonr OF large churches
| and properties by the Roman Catholic Church
had excited alarm. No satisfactory statistics
Roman Catholic churches In the cities.
| The figures from the Catholic year book showed
gain by the Catholic Church from 1850 when there
was one Roman Catholic church TO each Il, 200 OF
the population, TO 1856, when there was one such
| sucn church 20 each II 800. This gain had been
made from 1856 to 1870. since 1870 there HAD been
| a slight failing TO keep pace with the growth OF
population. DR.. Dorchester concluded that figures
| from the fact that the ranks OF the church were
recruited from the foreigners who came In such
numbers 70 our shores. He referred to the many
existence In the cities and the increase In the num-
Der OF institutions they were planting, indicating
| and is shrewdly planning TO take care OF its
people, TO win the favor OF the people
Nor was the increase OF the Catholic Church an un-
mixed evil How else could the masses OF ifs COM
muntcantS be controlled In time OF pan1cs Never
theleSs they believed that Protestantism would do
these masses more good than Romanfsm II II could
get access TO II, and more than that that the Ro-
man Catholic Church was opposed TO the best ef-
| forts and tendencies OF modern civilization. In
closing his paper, Mr.. Dorchester urged that the
cities should be made the grand strategic points OF
advancing Christianity.
DR. x'rRkKsoNs ADDRESS
Rev. Dr. simon J. Mcpherson, OF Chicago, fol-
! lowed DE- Dorchester In an address on the same
subject. DIR. Mcpherson IL q young man with an
earnest air and he spoke with rapidity AMI vehe-
mence he did not believe, he said, that the city
was wholly evil or that In any sense the
| city monopolized all the perils OF the hour.
AS goes the city 20 goes the world
for Christ or otherwise. Bad men had been
most quick TO utilize the city as the radiating
center OF evil In the city they should raise high
est the banner Of Christianity. The facilities Tor
| nals TO congregate in them. He said that great
cities gave rise to bad habts-bad personal habits
ne referred TO the preoccupation OF mind, leaving
| to many men neither time nor energy 20 constder
thelr spiritual condition In the country, notwth-
| standinG railroads ana telegrapns, Christianity
sffl had few nvals The tendency In the cities was
! 10 secuiaf1ze the mind.
II the perils he had noted pertained TO great
centers Of population generally. how enormously
were the per1s increased by the changes IN social
conditions In our cities He spoke OF the large for
| etgn Immigration. In Chicago. be sAad, there
were 5000 Bohemiana There are but ave evan
| their language The Germans he spoke of "a In
| IC0as6assd .. SVsA Ruos.l